ROME , Italy -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Pope Benedict XVI had surgery on his right wrist Friday after he broke it in a fall , the Vatican said .

Pope Benedict XVI arrives at a resort in northern Italy 's Val d'Aosta region Monday . He broke his wrist Thursday .

The pope left the hospital Friday afternoon and was returning to his summer home in Italy 's Val d'Aosta region , spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told CNN .

Doctors administered local anesthesia and put the pope 's wrist in a cast , Lombardi said , adding the procedure was minor .

`` There is no particular reason to cause alarm , '' Lombardi said .

The pope , 82 , fell Thursday night in his room in Val d'Aosta , a mountainous region of northwestern Italy , the Vatican said . The pope arrived there Monday .

The pope `` tripped or slipped in his room , '' Lombardi said . `` It was dark , in the middle of the night . It was not due to dizziness . The fact that the Holy Father waited to go to the hospital shows that it was not serious . ''

He was taken to the hospital in the region 's central town of Aosta on Friday morning after celebrating his daily private Mass , the Vatican said .

Benedict 's schedule for the coming days must still be confirmed , but Lombardi said he believed the pope will be able to hold his weekly Sunday Angelus from his summer home this weekend .

CNN 's Hada Messia contributed to this report .

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Pope Benedict XVI briefly hospitalized after breaking wrist in fall

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The pope , 82 , fell Thursday night in his room at mountain retreat

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He went to hospital Friday after celebrating his daily private Mass